Childcare: Developmental Psychology and Children
EYMP1- CONTEXT & PRINCIPLES FOR EARLY YEARS PROVISION
UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLE OF EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK 1.1 EXPLAIN THE LEGAL STATUS AND PRINCIPLE OF THE RELEVANT EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK/S, AND HOW NATIONAL AND LOCAL GUIDANCE MATERIALS ARE USED IN SETTINGS.
The relevant early years framework in England is the EYFS- Early Years Foundation Stage. It has been in use since September 2008 and consists of a statutory curriculum for children from birth to 5years who are being cared for outside their homes.
All providers, which includes child minders, after-school clubs, nurseries, pre-schools and schools.
The EYFS sets out legal requirement relating to learning and development (goals of early learning, educational programmes and arrangement of assessments). This is given legal force by the Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007 made under Section 39 (1) (a) of the Childcare Act 2006. Legal requirements relating to welfare (safeguarding and promoting childrens welfare, ensuring suitable people and also suitable environments, equipments and organisation and also to ensure documentations). The welfare requirement is enforced by Regulations made under Section 39 (1)(b) of the Childcare Act 2006.
There are six area covered by the early learning goals and educational programmes. Which are:
-Personal, Social and Emotional Development
-Communication, Language and Literacy
-Creative Development
-Physical Development
-Problem-solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
-Knowledge and Understanding of the World
It is expected that practitioner must plan for this six areas and none of the areas of learning and development can be delivered in isolation from others and each area is important and depend on each other to provide a round approach to support a child development.
The principles guiding the EYFS are divided in four themes-
* A Unique Child- this means every child is a competent learner from
UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLE OF EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK 1.1 EXPLAIN THE LEGAL STATUS AND PRINCIPLE OF THE RELEVANT EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK/S, AND HOW NATIONAL AND LOCAL GUIDANCE MATERIALS ARE USED IN SETTINGS.
The relevant early years framework in England is the EYFS- Early Years Foundation Stage. It has been in use since September 2008 and consists of a statutory curriculum for children from birth to 5years who are being cared for outside their homes.
All providers, which includes child minders, after-school clubs, nurseries, pre-schools and schools.
The EYFS sets out legal requirement relating to learning and development (goals of early learning, educational programmes and arrangement of assessments). This is given legal force by the Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) Order 2007 made under Section 39 (1) (a) of the Childcare Act 2006. Legal requirements relating to welfare (safeguarding and promoting childrens welfare, ensuring suitable people and also suitable environments, equipments and organisation and also to ensure documentations). The welfare requirement is enforced by Regulations made under Section 39 (1)(b) of the Childcare Act 2006.
There are six area covered by the early learning goals and educational programmes. Which are:
-Personal, Social and Emotional Development
-Communication, Language and Literacy
-Creative Development
-Physical Development
-Problem-solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
-Knowledge and Understanding of the World
It is expected that practitioner must plan for this six areas and none of the areas of learning and development can be delivered in isolation from others and each area is important and depend on each other to provide a round approach to support a child development.
The principles guiding the EYFS are divided in four themes-
* A Unique Child- this means every child is a competent learner from